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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!decwrl!netcomsv!mork!alm
From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: 386BSD 0.1 & Com ports
Message-ID: <_llmmz+.alm@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 09:04:52 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
References: <sxjcb.37.711773132@skyfire.uacn.alaska.edu>
Keywords: com tip ttys remote
Lines: 11

In article <sxjcb.37.711773132@skyfire.uacn.alaska.edu> sxjcb@skyfire.uacn.alaska.edu (Jay C. Beavers) writes:
>I've been trying to use tip to talk to both a line driver or a modem on com2 
>and I've had no end of trouble.  My hardware setup worked under Dos and 
>worked using the TinyBSD boot disk and basic distribution on the hard drive, 
>but once I loaded BIN01, trouble started.

    You might look in /usr/386bsd.errata.  Not having crypt might be
    part of the problem.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure
    out how to get crypt on my system because mread hasn't worked since
    bin01 was installed... 
    -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>